Wednesday, April 25, 2007

The Importance of Praise

In the Wall Street Journal last week, there was an article titled "The Most-Praised Generation Goes to Work."

It talked about the generation of twentysomethings who have grown up on praise and the words "you're special." The generation where everyone became a winner on the soccer field, swim team, or drama club. Gold stars and ribbons abound their world - whether they won or not. In some ways, they received kudos for little more than showing up.